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The next day we rented two bicycles and cycled to Croagh Patrick. Then climbed it. I don't think I have enough words to explain that beauty. Such freedom! I totally enjoyed every second of that day. That was exactly what I needed.

Well, now back in Bohey. Oh, how much I love being here. Seriously, Ireland, what are you doing to me?! I'm falling in love with this place...

... Conga, which means isthmus in Irish. Personally, I don't think much is gained by dropping the "a". Cong is also known as the site for a 1950's John Wayne movie: The Quite Man. The movie boasts the longest fight scene ever filmed. Two of our traveling companions tried to recreate the scene but gave up after becoming winded in a few seconds! We recuperated with a leisurely drive through the beautiful hills of Connemara to spend a night in Westport where we ...

... older!) In passing, he mentioned that he had recently retired and laughed heartily when I asked if he had retired from the stage. He actually had been an accountant in his previous life but had a keen love of history. He sure had the theatrical gift of bringing the past alive! The younger set among you who may read this will be interested to know that one full room was dedicated to U2 including a mockup of Bono's MacPhisto ...

... to other successful hikers and then started down. Papa was right. It was extremely treacherous. Every step had to be calculated. Nanny spent a good portion on her bottom, ruing our decision. It took longer to get to the base of the steep part than it did to climb it. We hadn't brought enough water with us. The guide books all said that the return climb was about 3 1/2 hours but for us it was more like six. The kicker to the whole event was that as we were coming off the descent of the ...

... 33 bodies, they had been placed there over hundreds of year, the most recent one was a baby 1000 years after the oldest one. This one dates from 2500BC approx. Would have takes a hell of an effort to get that slab on top.

It seems that sometime in the past this area that is now quite barren was covered in pine forest and even had bears living in it. The bears used to hibernate in the Aillwee cave, proof of that has been found; it’s when it ...